End-gate rod.



W. H. ZORN.

END GATE ROD,

APPLICATION FILED APR. I6. 1911.

Patented Nov. 2?, 1917,

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WILLIAM H. zonn or HARRISBURG, NEBRASKA.

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" To all whomit may concern:

citizen of the United States, residing at State of Nebraska, have invented a new and useful End-Grate Rod, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in of the present invention is to taken out and replaced and capable of aftween the sides of a wagon body.

The invention consists in the construction l bi lited out the claims m- 1 appended" and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully 1 described, illustrate in the accompanying drawings and In the drawings I tion of a wagonbody provided with an end Like numerals of reference designate cor- .drawings.

. rod, and these sections,

in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawlngs,

1 and 2 designate sections of an end gate which are designed to extend across a wagon body, as illustrated have their inner portions overlapped and provided angles and receiving and forming guides for the rods or sections. y from the inner end of one rod section and receives the other rod section, and by this [is compressed position, as illustrated in Fig. '1 of the acif tions are provided with adaptedto receive keys .8 and with eyes 3 and 4 bent at right Each eye extends construction, the rod sections are adapted to slide longitudinally on each other. The overlapped inner portions of the rod sections receive a coiled spring 5, which is interposed between the eyes 3 and l, and which when the end gate rod is in companying drawings.

The outer ends 6 and 7 of the rod secslots or openings, 9, of the whereby the said rod sections wagon body,

with the Sides 10 of the body.

are connected inthecounty of Banner and body,

Patented Nov. 2'7, 1917.

Application filed April is, 1917. Seria1No .,1 62,387.

The keys, which are preferably connected with the sides 10 of the body by short chains, arerecessed between their ends and when in position,the shoulders formed by the recesses, extend beyond the outer ends of the slots or openings and prevent the pins or keys from becoming accidentally disengaged from the outer ends of'the rod sections.

The sides of thewagon body are providedwith the usual cleats 11, to form ways for the end gate 12, and the latter is provlded at its outer face with vertical cleats or bars 13, having perforations 14, for the reception of the rod sections, The sides of the wagon body are also provided with perforations, and preferably have wear plates 15, securedto their outer faces to protect the sideslO. I Y

The rod sections are adapted to slide inward and outward toengage them with and disengage them from the sides of the wagon and in applying the end gate rod, the rod section 1' is first moved outward-and locked by thejr pinor key8. Theother rodsection is then forced outward against the action of the spring and is locked in a similar manner by the other pin orkey 9. The spring is designed to be of sufficient strength to afiord a firm connection, and it will maintain the sections securely in engagement with the: keys or pins.

In order to enable the spring to be readily compressed to engage the key 9 with the rod section 2, and remove it therefrom, a lever 16 is employed. This lever, which is fulcrumed at its lower end 17 is curved and is slotted to receive the rod section 1, and its upper end extends above the end gate rod and is adapted to be readily grasped by the operator to engage the lever with the eye 4: of the rod 2, to compress the spring suliiciently to free the pin or key 9. After the pin or key 9 is removed, the end gate rod may be moved in the direction of the pin or key 8 to release the latter. Both rod sections may then be pushed inward to the position illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings. The opening 18 of the lever may be formed in any suitable manner, and the lower end 17 is provided with a suitable eye for the reception of the pivot 19.

It will be seen that the end ate rod is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be quickly operated toengage it with and disengage 1t c p from the sides of} wagon b'ody, 'aifd that it "'fforms' a firin and secure connectionbetwe'en V thesaid. sides. It-Will else' be aippzirentz that it dispenses With a nut and threads 'andthat 7 5 it does not hav'e'to be removed froin the end l blyi rgqnne toe n eri rp t i s, means ehab jfvzs ni e fii gi he e i e? end of sinee r dg e si h i rl' np i :iin f r a oiib s ;c1a;ss' described," the.

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